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Wamego, KS

4,386 Population
2.6 square miles 1,663.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.7 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 27.3 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$40,211 ±$4,401 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: $34,818 ±$926
  • about the same as the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$78,809 ±$29,839 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: $65,469 ±$2,991
  • a little higher than the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

5.2% ±3.3% (226  ±147) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 16.6% 20,220 (±1% / ±1,259)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24 minutes ±6.2 (52,820  ±17,890) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 17.8 1,151,120 (±1 / ±67,080)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,793 ±303 Number of households
  • the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 51,234 ±686
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.6 (4,301  ±713) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 2.4 122,014 (±0 / ±174)
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.4% ±2.4% (15  ±25) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 6.7% † 2,417 (±1.1% / ±389)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,067 ±319 Number of housing units
  • the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 56,908 ±110
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$198,300 ±$18,612 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: $223,700 ±$7,411
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.6% ±6.4% (509  ±292.1) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 21.7% 28,654 (±1.4% / ±1,844.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97.2% ±23.6% (2,764  ±461) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 95.8% 70,269 (±2.7% / ±1,955.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
41.2% ±8% (1,172  ±308.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 40.4% 29,612 (±1.7% / ±1,242.3)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.2% ±1.9% (97  ±84) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 6.1% 8,165
  • about one-third of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.3% ±3.5% (292  ±122) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 10.9% 9,972 (±0.8% / ±711)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
292 Total veterans ±122 266 Male ±123 26 Female ±42

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